He also requested family and friends who had come in contact with him last week to isolate themselves and urged them not to worry as his condition is stable now.
It may be noted here that besides Nayak, more than 50 MLAs in the state have contracted the virus so far.
Senior BJD MLA Pradeep Maharathy, who had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier, died in a private hospital October 4.
Notably, other MLAs who had tested positive for COVID-19 are Bhubaneswar (North) legislator Susant Rout, Bhubaneswar (Central) MLA Ananta Narayan Jena, Berhampur MLA Bikram Panda, Chandbali MLA Byomakesh Ray, Baramba MLA Debi Prasad Mishra, Pottangi MLA Pritam Padhi, Bhadrak MLA Sanjib Mallick, Khandapada MLA and editor of ‘Sambad’ Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, Bari MLA Sunanda Das, Polasara MLA Srikant Sahu, Remuna MLA Sudhanshu Shekhar Parida and Salepur MLA Prasant Behera.
